Loop and button clasp.



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P902,91 6. Patented Nov. 3, 1908.

FRIEND A. RUSS, OF GREENWICH, AND JOHN B. RUSS, OF SHELTON, CONNECTICUT.

LOOP AND BUTTON CLASP.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 3, 1908.

Application tiled January 31, 1908. Serial No. 413,570.

To all whom 'it lmay concern:

Be it known that we, FRIEND A. RUSS, residing at Greenwich, in thecounty of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, and JOHN B. RUSS, residinrin Shelton, in the count of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, othcitizens of the United States, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Loop andv Button Clasps, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to loop and button clasps and its object is toprovide a loop member to which a button carrying tab of minimum lengthmay be attached without resorting to the expedient of sewing orstitching.

'With this and other objects in view our invention consists in thedetails of construction and manner of operation more fully described inthe following description and accompanying drawings in which likereference characters refer to corresponding parts.

In the drawings: Figure l is a front View of the clasp showing afragmentary portion of the supporting strap partly broken away; Fig. 2.a longitudinal section of Fig. 1, and F ig. 3, a longitudinal section ofthe loop member shown in Figs. 1 and 2 before the tab is attached.

Our device generally consists of a loop member A. a supporting strap orwebbing B and a tab C carrying the button D, all of the parts beingshown enlarged for the purpose of clearness. The loop member A is madeout of sheet metal blanked and struck up to form the loop proper lhaving the usual elongated button opening contracted at its lowerextremity to embrace the neck of the button D. Mounted on the upperextremity of the loop 1 is the base 2 made in skeleton form its upperextremities being connected by the attaching bar 3 around which passesthe supporting strap B. Bridging the base 2 between the loop l and theattaching bar 3 is a flat narrow bar 4 having its lower projectinv sidebent rearwardly at an angle to form die outwardly projecting lip 5having transversely disposed edge 6 which is adapted to be folded backon the bar 4 to gri and confine the end of the tab C. All of t e partsof the loop member A, with the exception of the liat ar 4 and itsprojecting lip 5, have their face portions struck uop to give thenecessary body and wearer so that the strength to the frame, and at thesame time to enable the loop member to present the skeleton like andornamental a pearance of a heavy metal orwire device ridged by a narrow,fiat and countersunk sheet metal art. p The tab C has a stud or button Dmounted on one extremity and has its other extremity c conined andcompressed between the lip 5 and the bar L To assemble the tab and loopmember the latter is placed in a press suitably adapted for this purposeso that the lip 5 projects upwardly. The extremity of the ta is thenpassed over the base until it Vstrikes the bottom of the lip which actsas a guide or stop. The lip is then pressed or swaged down by the pressacross the surface of the tab compressing and pinching tha same tightlybetween the lip and the corresponding portion of the bar 4; thus the tabis gripped across its extremity between two flat gripping surfaceswithout beine' pierced, cut or weakened at this point. when the loop isdrawn'over the button to fasten a garment or to e'ect other claspinaction, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. the tab is drawn taut ovegg,` thestraight edge 6 of the lip, which edofe not only acts as a rigid supportto keep flic tab uniformly spread, but also by its frictional en agementor binding action relieves the c enched extremity, to a greater or lessde ee, of any strain or pull tending towards displacement. B mountingthe tab in this manner the so ca led rustless effect is produced, thatis, the tape and supporting strap are interposed between the metal loopand the rments or bodyloftthe oop is preventedfrom being exposed tomoisture due t6 peLSPiration.

Having now described our invention what we claim and desire to, protectby Letters Patent is:

In a loop and button clasp the combination with a tab having a buttonmounted on one extremity, of a sheet metal loop member provided with anopening for the passage the head of said hjutton having its lowerportion contracted tb embrace the neck of said button, a skeleton basemounted on said loop member above said opening havin@ its upperextremities connecte by an attacliing member adapted to be carried by asu porting strap or webbing, and a flat bar iiridging said base betweensaid attaching member and bum.; upenlng, the Said bar being pro- 'vdcf'with :m integral lip folded back on the mm1' sida 0.1i' said bar tu gripthe free end of Said mb, xvhlrcby when the neck of the button isaombrzwed by the contrartml p01- linn ma fh@ imttun Opening the Suid Tubis; fh'nvun mut and lwld uniforn'lly Spread by 'Lim edge n? Said Hp.

In besumony whcfeof we have hereunto FRIEND A. RUSS. JOHN B. RUSS.

Titmrsses to the signatures of Friend A.

am] John B. Russ:

BYRON W. VHEELER, STEPHEN,y J. LEONARD.

